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Originally Posted by Flyboy
Do you agree that Ashcroft lied to several people, in regard to his tax status, during the last ten years?
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Actually, what I think he did was to use a fiddle. He never claimed he wouldn't be non-dom. He said he'd be resident, which is what he did. People mistakenly believed this meant he would be paying taxes on all his earnings, when it didn't. Apparently, nobody picked up on the difference between domicile and residence, and he just continued, as he kept his part of the bargain, which wasn't the bargain it was supposed to be.
Edit: look back to post 55. The condition was residence, not domicile. If anyone is to blame, it's William Hague, who apparently did not pick up on the difference (or didn't care).